Best of First Up for Thursday 18 February

On the pod today: we meet the new Labour MP for Northcote, Shanan Halbert; Auckland wakes up to Alert Level 2 and the rest of the country is now back to Alert Level 1; an academic bringing an interactive experience to Auckland's Fringe Festival audience; what's all the news from the West Coast and the Pike River recovery agency says that it has reached the furthest point it plans to go into the mine, but not all family members of the 29 men accept this.